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waist, where they are cut off by the joint of the drum.
They face each other. The figure on the right holds
up in both hands an object curving to the left and
resembling a torch. The figure on the left places his
right hand on some object marked with furrows both on
its upper and lower surfaces. His left hand is advanced a
little beyond this object, touching it with the little finger
and third finger. The surface of this sculpture has so
decayed that it is difficult to judge of its original merits,
but both figures are modelled in a very fine style and with
a breadth of treatment not so apparent in the other
fragments of cortatac columnae from the Artemision. They
are on a larger scale than the figures in the drum already
described. Above the heads of these figures a narrow
band or fillet encircles the edge of the drum. Mr. Wood
considers that this fragment belonged, probably, to the
lowest drum of one of the inner columns of the peristyle :
see his Discoveries at Ephesus, p. 218, and plate, ibid.
(H. 3.) Fragment of a sculptured drum from the Artemi-
sion, on which are represented two seated and two standing
figures, arranged alternately. On the extreme right are the
remains of a draped figure seated on a circular altar or
cippus, which is partially covered with a mantle cast over
it. The only portions of this figure which have been
preserved are the right hip and beginning of the right
thigh, and the folds of the drapery at the back as high as
the waist. The figure was probably female and was
turned to the right: at the bottom of the cippus is a torus
moulding. On the left of this seated figure is the lower
part of a standing female figure broken off at the waist,
and clad in a talaric chiton, drawn up under the girdle,
and falling over in a fold below the hips. Over this
falls an upper fold or garment reaching to the hips.
The right leg of this figure is slightly bent, the weight
resting chiefly on the left foot. The body is turned to
waist, where they are cut off by the joint of the drum.
They face each other. The figure on the right holds
up in both hands an object curving to the left and
resembling a torch. The figure on the left places his
right hand on some object marked with furrows both on
its upper and lower surfaces. His left hand is advanced a
little beyond this object, touching it with the little finger
and third finger. The surface of this sculpture has so
decayed that it is difficult to judge of its original merits,
but both figures are modelled in a very fine style and with
a breadth of treatment not so apparent in the other
fragments of cortatac columnae from the Artemision. They
are on a larger scale than the figures in the drum already
described. Above the heads of these figures a narrow
band or fillet encircles the edge of the drum. Mr. Wood
considers that this fragment belonged, probably, to the
lowest drum of one of the inner columns of the peristyle :
see his Discoveries at Ephesus, p. 218, and plate, ibid.
(H. 3.) Fragment of a sculptured drum from the Artemi-
sion, on which are represented two seated and two standing
figures, arranged alternately. On the extreme right are the
remains of a draped figure seated on a circular altar or
cippus, which is partially covered with a mantle cast over
it. The only portions of this figure which have been
preserved are the right hip and beginning of the right
thigh, and the folds of the drapery at the back as high as
the waist. The figure was probably female and was
turned to the right: at the bottom of the cippus is a torus
moulding. On the left of this seated figure is the lower
part of a standing female figure broken off at the waist,
and clad in a talaric chiton, drawn up under the girdle,
and falling over in a fold below the hips. Over this
falls an upper fold or garment reaching to the hips.
The right leg of this figure is slightly bent, the weight
resting chiefly on the left foot. The body is turned to